Influence
“Profiles in Success”: Certified Physician Executives Share the Value and ROI of their CPE Education
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.
Quality Improvement
Welcome to the HALM Journal from the American Association for Physician Leadership
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
Every other month, the HALM Journal will deliver indispensable and reliable results-oriented guidance for a healthcare industry moving toward inter-professional management and leadership that positively impacts patient care outcomes and population health.
Technology Integration
Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring
Lola Butcher
Leading healthcare organizations are using remote patient monitoring (RPM), which, according to some studies, is associated with improved patient outcomes and high patient and clinician satisfaction.
Trust and Respect
Being an Influencer, Being a Mentor, Being a Leader
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
Healthcare is a complex and dynamic industry that requires constant innovation, collaboration, and adaptation.
SoundPractice Podcast
Designing Innovative Healthcare Centers: Architectural Design with Sharon Woodworth
Sharon Woodworth, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC, ACHA
Healthcare is fundamentally a scientific pursuit, from clinical skills to cutting-edge diagnostic testing. Medicine is also an art, and art plays a vital role in the success of patient care. Once such element of art is where healthcare is delivered. Physi...
Technology Integration
Using Internet Databases to Advance Health Equity, Population Health, and Workforce Planning
Peter M. Nalin, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAFP, Patrick Bright, MA
Physician leaders and policymakers must understand the attributes of their patients’ communities and geographies. Numerous databases provide access to extensive data too numerous to manage casually.
Technology Integration
Heavy Machinery Meets AI
Vijay Govindarajan, Venkat Venkatraman
Until recently most incumbent industrial companies didn’t use highly advanced software in their products. But now the sector’s leaders have begun applying generative AI and machine learning to all kinds of data—including text, 3D images, video, and sound—to create complex, innovative designs and solve customer problems with unprecedented speed.
New Book
Working Happy! How to Survive Burnout and Find Your Work/Life Synergy in the Healthcare Industry
Roger Kapoor, MD, MBA
The book takes an innovative, hands-on approach toward the two most important causes of employee burnout: workplace environment and personal attitude and behavior.
Using Internet Databases to Advance Health Equity, Population Health, and Workforce Planning
Being an Influencer, Being a Mentor, Being a Leader
The Link Between Physician Stress, Burnout, and Disruptive Behaviors
The Challenges of Being a Positive Role Model for Your Employees
From the Idea to the Business Plan: Evaluating the Opportunity
Physician Utilization Review: The Chasm of Potential Liability for Both Treating and Utilization Review Physicians
Communication Strategies
How Companies Should Weigh In on a Controversy
David M. Bersoff, Sandra J. Sucher, Peter Tufano
Executives need guidance about managing their organizations’ engagement with societal issues—including hot-button topics such as gender, climate, and racial discrimination. Success in this realm does not mean avoiding public controversy or achieving unanimous support among key stakeholders, the authors write. Rather, it results from adhering to certain processes and strategies, which they have derived from recent global survey research along with examples from managerial best practice.
Health Law
Physician Utilization Review: The Chasm of Potential Liability for Both Treating and Utilization Review Physicians
Timothy E. Paterick, MD, JD, MBA
There has been a dramatic escalation in the use of utilization review programs in an effort to constrain the surge of rising healthcare costs. Utilization review serves to verify the “medical necessity” of hospital admissions and specific medical procedures. However, by intruding into the traditional physician–patient relationship, utilization review programs raise an army of liability issues.
Strategic Perspective
Effective Patient Scheduling
John Guiliana, DPM, MS, Hal Ornstein, DPM, FASPS
In the physician’s office, the schedule itself is the most powerful and influential aspect of the physician’s day — and it can control you or you can control it.
Judgment
From the Idea to the Business Plan: Evaluating the Opportunity
Luis G. Pareras, MD, PhD
The business plan is the basic tool that entrepreneurs in the health sector need to transform their idea into an opportunity and make it happen. Evaluating the opportunity is the first step in the process.
Action Orientation
Project Managers, Focus on Outcomes — Not Deliverables
Andrea Belk Olson
If you’ve ever developed a product, you’ve almost certainly been derailed by scope creep. Features multiply, priorities blur, and schedules and budgets suffer. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes). In this article, I’ll explain how you can keep your team’s efforts aligned with the genuine needs of your audience.